Checkov Scanner

Checkov IaC Scanner - Reusable Workflow

Runs the Checkov scanner via the argus Python CLI. Equivalent to: python -m argus scan checkov

For GHES users: Use the composite action directly instead of this workflow. See: examples/github-enterprise/infrastructure-scanning.yml

uses: huntridge-labs/argus/.github/workflows/scanner-checkov.yml@1.8.1

Triggers

• Manual dispatch
• Reusable (called by other workflows)

Permissions

Scope	Access
contents	read
security-events	write
actions	read
pull-requests	write

Inputs

Input	Description	Required	Default
iac_path	Relative path to the infrastructure-as-code directory to scan string	No	infrastructure
framework	IaC framework to scan (terraform, cloudformation, kubernetes, etc.) string	No	terraform
enable_code_security	Whether GitHub Code Security is enabled for this repository boolean	No	False
post_pr_comment	Whether to post PR comments boolean	No	False
fail_on_severity	Fail the job if any check fails. Checkov does not support severity-based filtering - any value other than "none" will... string	No	none

Secrets

Secret	Description	Required
BC_API_KEY	Prisma Cloud API key for enhanced severity scoring and features	No

Jobs

checkov-scan — Checkov Security Scan

Runs on: ubuntu-latest · Timeout: 15 minutes · Continue on error: Yes

Steps:

1. Checkout repository — actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10
2. Set up Python — actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1
3. Install Argus — huntridge-labs/argus/.github/actions/setup-argus@1.8.1
4. Run scan
5. Upload artifacts — actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a
6. Upload SARIF — github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@54f647b7e1bb85c95cddabcd46b0c578ec92bc1a
7. Comment PR with results — huntridge-labs/argus/.github/actions/comment-pr@1.8.1